Sea & One Health Day: Ecosystem Health, Population Health, and Regional Vitality: A Shared Challenge for the Mediterranean

Climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and changing land uses: Mediterranean coastal regions face major environmental, health, economic, and societal challenges.

Through the One Health approach, this event — organized by the Mer Méditerranée cluster,Ifremer, andAERMC, in partnership with the Montpellier University Innovation Cluster (PUI)— will bring together researchers, companies, managers, and public officials to combine their expertise and develop collective responses to the challenges facing the Mediterranean coastline.

Program

8:30 a.m. & 9:10 a.m.: Registration and welcome remarks

9:20 a.m.: Marine One Health in the Mediterranean: Understanding Interdependencies to Take Action, by Claire Lajaunie (Inserm researcher on secondment to LPED—Laboratory of Population, Environment, and Development (UMR AMU-IRD); Associate Researcher at the HealthDEEP International Research Unit (CNRS, Kasetsart University, Mahidol University), Bangkok, Thailand)

9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: Lagoons, One Health sentinels of coastal regions: understanding, observing, taking action

• The Camargue: An Open-Air Laboratory for Understanding the Links Between Health, the Environment, and Human Activities by Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón, CNRS / UM
• Trends in a Lagoon Socio-Ecosystem Used for Shellfish Farming: Insights from Long-Term Observations and an Integrated Approach by Valérie Derolez, IFREMER
• Preserving and Restoring Lagoon Functions by Romain Pete, Thau Basin Joint Authority
• Dealing with Invasive Species: Lessons Learned and Adaptation in the Fishing Industry by Emmanuel Bassinet, Occitanie Regional Committee for Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Time for Discussion

11:00 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.: Anticipating Environmental and Health Pressures and Taking Action to Build Resilience in Coastal Regions

• Plastics: A Threefold Threat to Health by Xavier Cousin, INRAE / UMR MARBEC
• "Toward an Assessment of Restored Nurseries in the Mediterranean Using a Multiscale Approach" by Louis Le Douarin, Marie-Virginie Salvia, and Carmen Palacios, UPVD and Cefrem-Criobe
• Putting Measurement to Work: Sensors, Data, and Tools Shared by the IES and the OSU OREME
• Microbial Signatures and Multiscale Modeling to Observe and Predict Multipollution Episodes in the Mediterranean by Sebastien Pinel, Associate Professor, UVPD Cefrem, and Carmen Palacios, Associate Professor, UPVD, Cefrem
• Ecological Restoration in Port Environments: From Concept to Implementation—20 Years of Commitment by Gilles Lecaillon, President of ECOCEAN
• Innovative monitoring, early risk detection, and tools to support action
• Time for Discussion

2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.: Developing regional projects to support coastal transitions

• Planning for One Health Risks at the Local Level
• "Adapting Industry Sectors and Practices in Response to Environmental Changes" by Jean-François Holley, Director of Cépralmar
• Time for Discussion

3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.: Collective Governance of Coastal Health

• Roundtable Discussion: How can we organize cooperation among stakeholders to preserve ecosystems, support human activities, and enhance people’s well-being? Featuring David Gomis, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole; Fabrice Grillon, Mediterranean Regional Shellfish Farming Committee; Marie-Christine Huau, Veolia Water France; and Wilfried Sanchez, IFREMER

4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Conclusion and Outlook